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MASTER OF ARTS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
INTRODUCTION The Master of Arts in mathematics education features mathematics courses developed to increase the mathematical content knowledge of secondary teachers and prepare candidates for teaching in the community college. The program is designed so that a teacher can complete the required courses by attending two consecutive summers and enrolling in evening courses during the intermittent fall and spring semesters or by attending full‐time for a year including both summer terms.
ADMISSION
To be admitted to the M.A. degree program in mathematics education, the candidate must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution, a minimum GPA of 2.70, and satisfactory scores on the General Test of the GRE.
FINANCIAL AID
Graduate Teaching Assistantships are available for fall/spring. Each assistantship includes a full‐tuition scholarship of up to $5,000 and a stipend of $9,000 for nine months. Graduate Assistants are expected to enroll in nine credit hours and work 20 hours per week in the department. Applications for the graduate program and assistantships are available at the University’s Graduate School website: http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/graduate/
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Applications for Graduate Assistantships should be received by April 1 for fall semester and November 1 for the spring semester. Although applications for admissions can be submitted at any time, students are urged to have a completed applications and credentials on file as early as possible.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
To obtain the M.A. degree in mathematics education, the candidate must earn 30 graduate hours in mathematics within six years. The hours must include Math 6305, Math 6307, Math 6310, Math 6350, Math 6370 and Math 6375. If Probability and Statistics were not accomplished in the
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undergraduate degree, a candidate’s must include Math 5371 and Math 5372.The remaining hours may be selected from the following list of courses and may include courses at the 5000 level with the approval of the student's advisor. All candidates for the M.A. degree will be required to pass comprehensive examinations in three courses selected from their program of study.
COURSES (For course description see the Graduate Bulletin website: http://www.uca.edu/gbulletin/)
REQUIRED
MATH5371‐INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY: MATH 5372‐ INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE These two courses are required for the M.A. degree, if not previously taken as undergraduate. MATH 6305‐FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS FOR TEACHERS MATH 6307‐ADVANCED TOPICS FOR MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS MATH 6310‐ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES FOR MATHEMATICS TEACHERS MATH 6350‐MODERN GEOMETRY MATH 6370‐DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS FOR TEACHERS MATH 6375‐INTEGRAL CALCULUS FOR TEACHERS ELECTIVES Math5300‐PROFESSIONALIZED SUBJECT MATTER FOR TEACHERS MATH 6315‐INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER THEORY MATH 6340‐HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF MATHEMATICS MATH 6342‐MATHEMATICAL MODELING MATH 6378–SYMMETRY ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS MATH 6380‐SEMINAR